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Morton Thompson (c. 1907 – July 7, 1953) was an American writer of newspaper journalism, novels and film screenplays.

Career

Amongst his works were a collection of journalistic memoirs called Joe, the Wounded Tennis Player,[1] and the novels Not as a Stranger (which was turned into a film directed by Stanley Kramer) and The Cry and the Covenant.

He had a column in the Hollywood Citizen-News which he signed "N.N.W.," explaining that the initials came from a Shakespeare line, "I am but mad when the wind is North North West."[2]

Personal life

He was a friend of the writer Robert Benchley. His second wife, Frances Pindyck, a literary agent with the Leland Hayward Agency, represented Dashiell Hammett and Betty Smith, among others.

Thompson's Turkey

He was also the inventor of the recipe, Thompson Turkey.[3]

Further reading

• Morton Thompson's Turkey Stuffing
• An ode to Thompson's turkey - Chicago Tribune
• Morton Thompson Turkey Recipe - Food.com
• Morton Thompson's Turkey
• Morton Thompson’s black turkey by Jeff Fournier, of 51 Lincoln, for Boston Herald - YouTube
• Turkey-Recipe-Of-Morton-Thompson rec.food.cooking
• Thompson's Turkey (TASTE with David Rosengarten, TV FOOD NETWORK) - Recipelink.com
• Morton Thompson's Turkey - unexpurgated at the Wayback Machine (archived November 24, 2007)
• A Turkey Tale | Notes from the Dreamtime
• Thompson's Turkey - Chowhound

References

External links

• Morton Thompson at IMDb
• Works by Morton Thompson at Faded Page (Canada)

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